Comb.



M. F. IVIULUNS.

COMB.

PPUCATION FILED MAR. Il. |916.

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Patented May 21,1918.

@Horn I MOSES F. MULLINS, 0F NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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To all whom# may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns F. MULLINS, citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville,

useful Improvements in Combs, ofwhich the following is a specification. 's

The comb which is the subject-matter o the present appli-cation for patent is designed more particularly for drying the hair after it has been shampooed, and also for straightening out kinky and curly hair after it has been washed, dried and properly oiled. The comb is so constructed that it can be heated without the comb proper, vand more particularly. the teeth thereof, coming in contact with the flame.

In order that the invention' may be better understood, reference is had to the ac-V companying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the comb, and 4 Fig. 2 is a side elevation in section.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the comb proper is a metal bar 5 having teeth 6 on one side. The bar is pivotally connected at its butt end, by a suit-able hinge 7, to a heating bar 8 provided with a wooden handle 9 secured by a ferraile 10, and having at its butt end a cap*r 11 for protection of the handle if it should fall and drop on this end.

The heating bar 8 is straight and flat, and the comb bar 5 is also straight and flat and so connected to the former that it may seat thereon, the length of the heatthereof, partly fing bar being such that it is in contact with the back of the' comb bar throughout the entire length of the latter, with the exception of a short projecting end portion 12.

The end portion 12 is designed to be engaged by a bail 13 pivo'ted at 14 tothe sides of the bar 8 close to the outer end thereof, s'o that the bail may be swung across said end and placed 'over the part 12, securely thereby holding the comb bar 5 clamped-to the heating bar 8.

In use, the bail 13 is swung to release the comb bar 5, and the latter is swung outward from the heating bar 8 as shown in. the county of Davidson and- 'State of Tennessee, have invented new and -a plane surface on one with a handle at one end, and a combi of Specification of Letters Patent# Pattlelllttll llllllly 2li, llllllll. Application filed March 11,1916. seria1No.s3,ea5.

dotted in Fig. 2.]

dle 9 and carried through the hair in the ordinary manner. Thus it will be seen that the comb proper is heated without having been in contact with the flame, and the teeth thereof therefore not smutted. The comb will be constructed of brass, or of aluminum and' copper alloy, or any other metal which is a good conductor ofV heat. The pivotsl 14 of the bail 13 are screws which may be tightened up if the bail should become loose from usage. l

The butt end of the comb bar 5 is flat so that when said bar is swung back as shown dotted in Figu2, it Imay abut and rest on the flat side of the heating bar 8. The comb is thus held away from the heating bar while the latter is being heated.

The structure is devoid of cdmplicated parts liable to get out of order and the invention provides a handy and convenient device for the' purpose stated. ,-:The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will b e understood that various changes and modifications in the struc' tural details may be made without a depart'urevfrom the invention as claimed hereinafter. l

I claim:

The combination of a heating bar having side and provided heat-conducting material connected to the plane side of the heating bar adjacent to the handle end, t-he'back of the comb being also plane and adapted rtobe placed in contact with the plane surface of the bar, and means for in such position.

In' testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MUSES F. MULLINS.

remain clean and are positively clamping the comb 

